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I think that trying to find one for purchase would be a tall order. If original or even NOS, (from or for a 917!) the price might be ridiculous. I don't even know where you can BUY balsa wood, other than a hobby shop. It would probably be easier to make it. Glue several layers of it together, hold overnight in a vice. Cut a cube out of it, and then hopefully some woodshop could make a ball shape out of that.
Then you destroy some old obsolete shift knob to get the thread insert that goes inside it. Or you could just see what thread the shifter has and find a hex nut to fit it. Mount/glue/press fit the hex nut inside the ball, maybe even two hex nuts side by side.
A billiard ball might be your template, especially if you're doing it by hand. Balsa is so soft and easy to work with, that given enough patience I think you could do it using a hand file or a dremel. If there were slight imperfections, I'd chalk it up to authenticity.
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